Apple has added to its digital assistant Sirias part of its 15.4 update to its iOS mobile operating system, a new voice from non-binary genderwhich is not clearly identified as male or female and which users can choose.
Siri already had, in its English version, four different voices for users to choose from. TO the initial of womanwhich until last year was the default, three others were added, two of them performed by black actors.
Now, Apple’s smart assistant has received a fifth voice in its version of English languageon this occasion of non-binary gender, which is not clearly associated with the male or female sex.
The American company, which has confirmed the new function to Axios, has assured that it has hired a person from the LGTBQ+ community to develop Siri’s new voice. Siri’s new feature serves the purpose of “give users more options to choose a voice that speaks for them”.
Siri’s non-binary gender voice has come to developers as part of the fourth beta of the iPhone mobile operating system, iOS 15.4which will be available to end users in March.